Up to 500GB: Small and mighty
1TB - 2TB: No more overflow
3TB - 4TB: Media buffs, behold
External SSDs: On the go storage
UK SSD deals: Tallyho, chaps
If you haven't got an SSD in your gaming PC yet, you should look at yourself and your priorities. With the sheer number of cheap SSDs today, including speedy, high-capacity PCIe SSD deals, and great discounts on high-capacity SATA SSDs, you should have firmly demoted that spinning platter to a backup drive years ago.
If you find yourself wincing at the install size (opens in new tab) of today's games, take it as a sign. You really should bag a cheap SSD deal today if you've any hope of keeping up.
With it, you'll be able to secure incredible read/write speeds that'll have your load times at next to nothing, even in the most demanding PC games. And swapping out your boot drive for one of the best SSDs for gaming (opens in new tab) might be the best move you've ever made in upgrading your gaming PC.
Where are the best SSD deals?
In the US:
- Amazon - Money off internal and external SSDs (opens in new tab)
- Walmart - Deals on internal and external SSDs (opens in new tab)
- B&H Photo - Savings on NVMe SSDs (opens in new tab)
- Best Buy - Great prices on Samsung and WD SSDs (opens in new tab)
- Staples - Save on a range of SSDs, USB sticks, and external SSDs (opens in new tab)
- Newegg - Plenty of NVMe SSDs on offer (opens in new tab)
In the UK:
- Amazon UK - Save on HDDs, SDDs, and external drives (opens in new tab)
- Scan - SATA drives often as low as £17 (opens in new tab)
- Box - Save on SSDs, including Western Digital's SN750 NVMe (opens in new tab)
- Ebuyer - SSDs starting from around £30 (opens in new tab)
- Overclockers - Lots of SSDs to choose from (opens in new tab)
- Currys - Plenty of options from SATA to NVMe (opens in new tab)
- Laptops Direct - Surprisingly not just laptops, SSDs too! (opens in new tab)
- CCL - SSDs for bargain prices (opens in new tab)
- Box - Internal and external drives (opens in new tab)